21.   The cuts come at the beginning of the reporting season for first-quarter earnings.

22.   The reporting season picks up this week, with several prominent technology companies -- Motorola, Advanced Micro Devices and Rambus -- among the first to release their figures.

23.   The reporting season picks up this week, with several prominent technology companies -- Motorola, Advanced Micro Devices and Rambus -- among the first to report.

24.   Wall Street has been focused on earnings for more than a month now, ahead of second-quarter reporting season which began this week.

25.   Warnings and layoffs have become common on Wall Street this month as the reporting season for second-quarter earnings approaches.

26.   A volley of results from US technology heavyweights gave mixed signals over prospects for a recovery in corporate earnings, increasing worries about the upcoming reporting season in Europe.

27.   After US companies started the quarterly reporting season last week, their European counterparts are set to join the fray this week.

28.   All China-listed companies must announce their results by this week, the end of the reporting season.

29.   Asian stock markets were lower Tuesday due to a fall on Wall Street and caution ahead of the upcoming US profit reporting season.

30.   European share markets sagged in early trade on Friday after a disappointing batch of after-hours US corporate results fueled concerns about the upcoming European reporting season.